Back to the Moon!

Artemis II is NASA’s upcoming mission that will send astronauts on a crewed flight around the Moon and back—planned as the first human journey beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The roughly 10-day mission will carry four astronaut on a lunar flyby to test the Orion spacecraft, life-support systems, and deep-space operations before future Moon landings. It’s targeted for launch in March 2026.